--- libbinio-1.4/src/binfile.cpp.stringconversion	2008-06-10 19:00:43.349866044 +0200
+++ libbinio-1.4/src/binfile.cpp	2008-06-10 19:00:47.585864964 +0200
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ binofstream::~binofstream()
 
 void binofstream::open(const char *filename, const Mode mode)
 {
-  char *modestr = "wb";
+  std::string modestr = "wb";
 
   // Check if append mode is desired
   if(mode & Append) modestr = "ab";
 
-  f = fopen(filename, modestr);
+  f = fopen(filename, modestr.c_str());
 
   if(f == NULL)
     switch(errno) {
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ binfstream::~binfstream()
 
 void binfstream::open(const char *filename, const Mode mode)
 {
-  char	*modestr = "w+b";	// Create & at beginning
+  std::string	modestr = "w+b";	// Create & at beginning
   int	ferror = 0;
 
   // Apply desired mode
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void binfstream::open(const char *filena
     if(mode & Append)	// Create & append
       modestr[0] = 'a';
 
-  f = fopen(filename, modestr);
+  f = fopen(filename, modestr.c_str());
 
   // NoCreate & append (emulated -- not possible with standard C fopen())
   if(f != NULL && (mode & Append) && (mode & NoCreate)) 
